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The tall figure turned around when he heard the footsteps, and after seeing the person, he strode over to help Ye Yao with his backpack.
Ye Yao waved his hand: “No need, it’s just a few books, I can handle them myself.”
How could Ye Yao be allowed to do things like carrying a backpack? What if the backpack crushed Ye Yao’s back? Lu Xun didn’t give Ye Yao a chance to refuse, and he took Ye Yao’s backpack directly.
Lu Xun put Ye Yao’s backpack on his far-side shoulder: “Is it all right? Did the family bully you, did they talk to you nicely?”
Ye Yao, who had just beaten his student, shook his head, and while trying to grab his bag back, he said, “It’s all right and they are all good and talked nice.”
“That’s fine then.” Lu Xun put the bag that was originally on his back in the front and hugged it. Then putting his hand over his throat he asked in a theatrical manner, “What are you doing accosting me on the street? I’m innocent, I’ll call the police if you do this again.”
Ye Yao: “…”
Ye Yao stopped his movements expressionlessly: “We have been friends for four years, I didn’t know Brother Lu was a girl, it’s really an abrupt change.”
Ye Yao stopped chasing the other man, and Lu Xun immediately slid over Ye Yao’s side and bumped against Ye Yao’s shoulder: “You have to be responsible for so many years of not noticing that I am not a man, do you want to be a scumbag and not take responsibility?”
Ye Yao looked Lu Xun up and down: “Then how can I be responsible? This Sister Lu is bigger than me, so you should be the scumbag.”
Lu Xun laughed a few times as he bumped Ye Yao’s shoulder. The evening breeze was cool, he subconsciously wanted to hold Ye Yao’s hand, but suddenly remembered that Ye Yao didn’t want to hold hands anymore.
Lu Xun’s hand froze in mid-air for a few seconds, then turned to wrap his arms around Ye Yao’s shoulder.
This was a common action among friends, and no one who passed by them in the community showed a surprised expression.
Lu Xun suppressed the irritability of not being able to see Ye Yao for most of the day and the unhappiness of not being able to hold Ye Yao’s hand, so he comforted himself that it was not bad to be able to pick Ye Yao off work.
This was his privilege. Only he could come to pick up Ye Yao.
Thinking of this, Lu Xun put his arms around Ye Yao’s shoulders and lowered his voice: “I will come to pick you up every time in the future, you are not allowed to let others pick you up, understand?”
Ye Yao lowered his eyes. The cold key was still in his pocket, representing his chance to stay away from Lu Xun.
The arrival of the taxi interrupted their conversation, Lu Xun stuffed Ye Yao into the car and forgot to ask Ye Yao’s answer.
*****
After the weekend of make-up classes was over, it was time for regular class again.
Lu Xun started the torment of attending his classes alone again, listening to the class while thinking about what Ye Yao was doing. Fortunately, his brain was smart enough to not delay his learning progress.
Lu Xun secretly sent Ye Yao a message during class time, but of course he didn’t get a reply. Lu Xun knew this was normal, but he couldn’t hold back his irritability.
His tragic situation began again
From Monday to Friday, their schedule for class was very full, and only at noon during the day could he chat face-to-face with Ye Yao. In the evening, there were occasional elective classes. Although he could be with Ye Yao, he could not speak unscrupulously during class.
Even if it was a free night when Ye Yao did not take elective class, Ye Yao had to do homework and review his class work, and Lu Xun could not bother him.
Before, they could spend the weekends together, so although the Mondays to Fridays were painful, it was not unbearable. But now Ye Yao was very busy even on weekends.
After this semester was over, would there be fewer classes next semester?
He should have really installed a camera on this guy so he could see him all the time. Or simply tie the person up and strap to him so that he could touch him as soon as he reached out his hand.
Maybe he should buy a smart bracelet for Ye Yao. Whenever he missed Ye Yao, he could connect to the data on the smart bracelet and see Ye Yao’s heartbeat.
Lu Xun did this after thinking so, and ordered two sports smart bracelets directly on the shopping platform.
*****
The smart bracelet arrived on Friday. Lu Xun picked up the courier after finishing the day’s class. In a happy mood, he told Ye Yao on WeChat that he had prepared a gift for him.
Ye Yao: [What gift?]
Lu Xun was tight lipped and didn’t say directly: [You don’t have any other arrangements tonight, let’s go out to eat? Then I’ll give you something.]
Ye Yao didn’t reply immediately. After a while, he sent a line: [Are you going back to the dormitory? I have something to tell you.]
Was there anything he couldn’t talk about on WeChat, and he couldn’t talk about it when they went out to eat and needed to tell him when he returned to the dormitory?
Lu Xun thought for a while, and his face began to darken.
He didn’t feel it would be a good thing.
Another message popped up on his phone, which was sent to him by Wen Ke from the same dormitory.
[Brother Lu… I was in the dormitory with Fatty, and I saw Ye Ye was packing his clothes. Are you two ready to move out?]
Then why didn’t he see Ye Yao helping Lu Xun to pack his clothes?
Wen Ke’s doubts were not directly asked, but Lu Xun’s face was terrifyingly dark when he saw the message that he squeezed the phone in his hand tightly.
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Ye Yao had not mentioned regarding moving out to him before.
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There would be a large double bed in the rented house, and he could sleep with Ye Yao in his arms every day as before.
Lu Xun imagined all kinds of life after they moved out, and his face finally looked better. Arriving downstairs in the dormitory, he strode up.
Lu Xun arrived at the door of the dormitory.
The dormitory was very quiet. Lu Xun pushed the door open and saw Ye Yao who was packing.
Ye Yao looked back at Lu Xun after hearing the sound, put down the things in his hand and helped Lu Xun with the courier box and books he was holding, and then went back to continue packing up some of his clothes.
Lu Xun took a few breaths and controlled himself to ask in a normal voice, “Brother Ye is packing up his clothes, is he going to go on a business trip?”
“That will be better if that is the case.” Ye Yao smiled, “Didn’t I want to be a tutor on weekends? It’s too far from the school, so the family prepared a room for me nearby so that I could live there on weekends. Save myself from running back and forth.”
The camouflaged smile on Lu Xun’s lips disappeared, and he stared at Ye Yao closely.
“Don’t worry about me, it’s pretty safe there. I’ll be back from the business trip on Sunday night.” Ye Yao lowered his eyes and zipped up his backpack, talking to Lu Xun as usual, “I’ll go have dinner with you tonight? I can go there after eating.”
Lu Xun didn’t speak.
The dormitory room was quiet.
Wen Ke and Xiao Pang saw that the atmosphere was not right, and after silently exchanging glances at each other, they both climbed off the bed and quickly moved away from the battlefield, leaving a lone space for the pair of good friends.
The door was closed by Xiao Pang from the outside, and even the laughter outside from the other dormitory rooms could not be heard.
Lu Xun walked slowly to his closet and said loudly, “There’s such a thing? That family is very generous. Wait for me for five minutes, and I’ll get two sets of clothes.”
Ye Yao raised his eyes: “What are you doing with your clothes?”
Lu Xun laughed: “Of course I’m going to live with you, do you have to ask?”
“But that’s someone else’s house. She originally lent me to live alone, but suddenly the single person became a double person. It would be very rude to the landlord.” Ye Yao replied.
The surface atmosphere was as usual, but invisible undercurrents were surging violently.
“Oh, so it’s rude, so very rude.” Lu Xun was still smiling, “That’s simple. I won’t live in her house, can you and I rent another room so we can live together?”
Ye Yao looked at Lu Xun and said slowly, “Lu Xun, renting a house in the central business district is expensive.”
Lu Xun stopped smiling, he walked a few steps in front of Ye Yao, stretched out his hand to squeeze Ye Yao’s chin, and turned Ye Yao’s face to him.
Lu Xun was tall, half a head taller than Ye Yao. With the advantage of his height, he gave off a very oppressive aura when he looked at a person like this. What’s more, there was no trace of a smile in Lu Xun’s dark eyes now, and he looked even more regal.
“I don’t think it’s expensive. All I have is money, and I’ll pay all the rent.” Lu Xun said in a deep voice, “Isn’t it just rent? I can even buy a house there for us.”
The skin on Ye Yao’s chin was a little red from his pinching, and Lu Xun lightened the pressure of his hand, looked down at the red patch, and rubbed it a few times with his thumb.
Ye Yao reacted, he gently patted Lu Xun’s hand away and took a few steps back,
“Why? You don’t want to live with me?” Lu Xun leaned against Ye Yao’s desk and put Ye Yao’s backpack behind him. He calmed himself down a bit and said with a half-smile, “Do you still consider me a Brother?”
Ye Yao frowned slightly: “Lu Xun, I’m being reasonable here, it’s not worthwhile to spend such a sum of money in vain, and it’s unnecessary. Money can’t be wasted like this. Besides, it’s not that I’m not coming back, I’ll just live there on weekends. Just two days. I will come back on Sunday night. After all, only on Saturday we will not be seeing each other, and we can see each other six days a week, isn’t it good?”
Reasonable?
Yes, he admitted that Ye Yao had a point, and seeing ordinary friends six days a week was enough.
But they were not just ordinary friends.
They were best friends.
But who could reason out with emotions? He only knew that his contact time with Ye Yao was getting less and less, and Ye Yao gave reasonable-sounding responses every time, but who cared whether it was reasonable or not!
Lu Xun was furious, he walked back and forth in the dormitory room twice, stretched out his foot and kicked his chair, toppling the chair directly, making a snapping sound.
“You just want me to stay in the dorm by myself on weekends.” Lu Xun said gloomily, “Yeah.”
Ye Yao looked at the fallen chair for a moment, then walked over to help put it up.
“You’re angry, Lu Xun.” Ye Yao lowered his head, his long eyelashes trembling, “I’ll invite you to dinner.”
Lu Xun said coldly, “You don’t need to invite me to dinner, you just need to let me go out to live with you.”
“I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to spend money,” Ye Yao said softly and insisted, “There’s no need for us to stick together every day, I’m just going out to work. When you want to talk to me during the days I’m away, we can still make a video call.”
Ye Yao was standing beside Lu Xun. Lu Xun couldn’t bear it anymore, grabbed Ye Yao’s shirt lapel, and pulled Ye Yao in front of him.
Following Lu Xun’s action, Ye Yao raised his head, he looked as usual, but his eyelashes were slightly wet.
If one didn’t pay attention, you wouldn’t notice it at all, maybe even Ye Yao didn’t realize it, but such a tiny bit of wetness was like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing Lu Xun’s anger and calming down his mind.
“Are you going to lose your temper at me?” Ye Yao said, “You can beat me up if you’re really upset, I won’t fight back.”
“I didn’t lose my temper at you… I won’t lose my temper at you, let alone beat you.” Lu Xun sighed, pressing all his volatile emotions into his heart. He sorted out the wrinkled clothes on Ye Yao’s chest, sat on the chair for a while, then stood up, “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
*****
They chose a restaurant with a good environment in the city center, which was also close to the place where Ye Yao was going to live.
It took a while to come here from the University. On the way, Lu Xun, who was already clear-headed, thought a lot.
Ye Yao had to work part-time on weekends, and Ye Yao usually didn’t want to sleep with him at night during weekdays. Ye Yao was busy with his studies during the day and didn’t have much time to spend with him.
Ye Yao didn’t want to sit on his lap, Ye Yao didn’t want to hold hands with him, Ye Yao didn’t want to spend his money.
Ye Yao gave a reasonable explanation for everything, and he didn’t think there was any problem before.
But not willing to let him spend more money so the two of them live separately on weekends, this reason is too absurd. Obviously, as long as he had the heart, he could still send Ye Yao to work and pick him up every day, and the two of them could spend a lot of time together.
…… Ye Yao was alienating him.
Even though he didn’t want to admit it, Lu Xun still came to this conclusion with difficulty.
Why?
Was it because Ye Yao was taking care of him so much that Ye Yao was getting tired and bored with him?
Still……
Lu Xun speculated about all kinds of possibilities, and the more he thought about it, the more out of breath he felt.
The taxi took them to their destination, and Lu Xun and Ye Yao got out of the car and entered the restaurant.
Ye Yao was in charge of ordering food today, and Lu Xun was drinking the free tea from the restaurant, still holding a bit of hope in his heart.
What if he was just being over sensitive and Ye Yao was not really alienating him at all?
After Ye Yao finished ordering, the waiter in charge of their table left. Lu Xun stood up from his position and sat next to Ye Yao.
“What’s wrong?” Ye Yao asked.
Lu Xun took out his phone and turned on the screen, revealing his screensaver.
It was the selfie photo he and Ye Yao took on Ye Yao’s bed during the Spring Festival.
“We will spend less time together in the future. We should cherish every time we spend together now and take a photo as a souvenir.” Lu Xun said.
Lu Xun clicked to unlock the phone, turned on the front camera, and watched himself and Ye Yao appear on the phone screen.
There was a slight gap between them, so Lu Xun got closer.
Ye Yao didn’t dodge.
Lu Xun got even closer, Ye Yao narrowed his eyes at him: “What are you doing? Aren’t our faces too big to fit on the screen?”
“Do you know what a group photo in a restaurant is? You have to have an atmosphere perception. It has to look like we are best brothers.” Lu Xun took the phone away, “Take your phone and take a picture of us too, I’ll take it then I post it.”
“No.” Ye Yao refused without hesitation, “I didn’t take a picture before, but if I did take it, it was a limited edition for the festival.”
Ye Yao was still a little worried that Lu Xun would continue to pester him, but Lu Xun seemed to be persuaded by his reason. The two took some more ordinary photos together and started to eat.
Lu Xun didn’t go back to the seat opposite, he just sat next to him, one leg touching his leg and his shoe touching his shoe.
While eating, Lu Xun stretched a calf between Ye Yao’s feet, then scooped out his right leg, sandwiching Ye Yao’s right leg between his legs.
Ye Yao had lost his patience, his chopsticks stopped midway and said: “Your posture is a bit unsightly, Classmate Lu, why don’t you just twist your legs into mine.”
“You think I don’t want to?” Lu Xun fiercely said, “Eat your meal, don’t worry about the affairs of the adults. You have to leave, so I’m not allowed to be clingy with you?”
That’s right, so Ye Yao endured it.
After eating, Ye Yao was about to go to the residence. He politely refused Lu Xun escorting him: “You don’t need to escort me, I’ll be back on Sunday, very soon. It’s already dark, you can go back to the dorm.”
Lu Xun grumbled a bit and sent him to the intersection.
Before leaving, Ye Yao warned: “Don’t follow me secretly, you know what course I’m learning. I’ll look back from time to time, so don’t take chances.”
Lu Xun frowned and nodded. Ye Yao waved goodbye to Lu Xun, and finally felt a bit relieved.
*****
Ye Yao walked away, the smile and ease on Lu Xun’s face disappeared completely. He saw Ye Yao turning back from time to time, preventing him from following behind.
It could be confirmed that Ye Yao was indeed alienating him.
What did he do wrong that Ye Yao didn’t like?
Lu Xun was upset and didn’t want to go back to the dormitory at all. A dormitory without Ye Yao was an empty shell without the warmth of home.
Lu Xun was walking on the street in the central area with his head down. He planned to go wherever his feet brought him. He could use the exercise to relieve the annoyance in his heart, and at the same time, he could also clear up his mind and organize his thoughts.
Ye Yao was still very close to him during the winter vacation. It was after school started – or after his birthday that his attitude changed subtly.
He must have done something that made Ye Yao annoyed when he was drunk.
Lu Xun couldn’t remember at all, and couldn’t help but get even more annoyed. He wished he could travel back to that day and beat himself who had been drinking.
He had only just left Ye Yao at the intersection, but his desire to see Ye Yao was so strong that he even wanted to use inappropriate means to see him.
He needed to get the detailed address of Ye Yao’s residence, no matter which method he used.
Lu Xun frowned and walked in front of the door of a luxury store. Just as he was about to pass by, he heard a female voice calling his name.
“Ei, isn’t this Lu Xun? Is it Xiao Lu?”
Lu Xun turned his head and saw an amiable middle-aged lady with a round face.
Lu Xun thought for a while, recognized who it was. He stopped and greeted: “Aunt Wang.”
Lu Xun’s family had been involved in real estate, and he recognized the ex-wife of a real estate tycoon in front of him. This Ms. Wang filed for divorce from the real estate tycoon because of her incompatibility with the man, and a lot of property was given to her as part of divorce settlement. Now she should be living a prosperous life.
Ms. Wang came out with a big and a small bag in her hands, smiling with big eyes: “Oh, it’s really you, you look so handsome now, you were still young when I met you before. But your Father often posts photos of you in the circle of friends, so I recognized you just now.”
Lu Xun: “…”
Ms. Wang talked about things unabated: “I checked the tutor’s top spot news before, and I saw your photo with him. What a coincidence, don’t you think? The posts also said that you are good friends who help each other. Are you still friends with him now?”
Lu Xun realized a possibility, and his pupils shrank.
He quickly lowered his eyes and said softly, “Of course, we are best friends.”
Lu Xun took out his mobile phone and showed Ms. Wang the screensaver photo of him and Ye Yao, and then showed Ms. Wang the photo taken by him and Ye Yao more than an hour ago.
“I had a fight with him just now,” Lu Xun lowered his eyes further, looking like a well-behaved junior who could provoke the elders’ concern, “I want to apologize to him, but he doesn’t answer my calls and messages, and I don’t know where he went, he didn’t go back to the dorm.”
“Aiyah…Actually, Auntie probably knows where he is.” Ms. Wang was the least likely to see such a thing. She trusted Ye Yao and Lu Xun. She thought that these two were good children. If there was a conflict, it was better to resolve it quickly.
She thought for a while: “It might be too fast for you to go directly to him now. Auntie will give you the key to the house next to him, you can stay there if you want. When he’s calm, try knocking on his door to apologize.”
*****
Lu Xun sat in the room opposite Ye Yao’s, looking at the key in his hand, thinking about how to explain the situation to Ye Yao later, so that it would not appear that he had planned this for a long time and further anger Ye Yao.
The newly rented house was much larger than the dormitory room, the sound insulation was much better, and the space was terrifyingly quiet.
Lu Xun sat in such silence, and his thoughts couldn’t help drifting to various reasons that might have made Ye Yao alienate him.
Was it like what his mother had told him before, that he interfered too much and made Ye Yao annoyed?
If so, he could change.
Still……
Another possibility broke into Lu Xun’s brain.
Recently, Ye Yao began to show interest in girls. Was it possible that Ye Yao… secretly had taken a girlfriend outside?
Lu Xun had always been in good health, even in the coldest winter, he rarely felt cold. But thinking of this possibility now, he felt chills all over.
If Ye Yao already had a girlfriend, what should he do?
Unlike a new budding relationship, which could be cut off, if he had already established a relationship with the girl and then if he sought trouble, Ye Yao was the first one who wouldn’t spare him, and maybe he would break up with him because of his actions.
He could only watch Ye Yao and that woman walk into the wedding hall. Would Ye Yao ask him to be his best man? And how could he smile at the wedding?
Lu Xun’s fingertips trembled because of this imagination, and he couldn’t think of an answer.
The room was very quiet. Lu Xun, who was sitting in the living room, vaguely heard voices of two people outside.
Was it really Ye Yao’s girlfriend? Ye Yao just moved in on the front foot, and she came to find him on the back foot?
Lu Xun immediately stood up and came to the door. He first looked through the peephole and saw a scene that made his blood freeze.
There was no woman outside, but there was a man wearing sassy clothes.
The young-looking man smiled as he walked out of Ye Yao’s house, he didn’t leave immediately, and stood at Ye Yao’s door to chat with him.
The man was wearing coquettish ripped jeans in the cold spring weather. When Lu Xun opened the door a crack, he heard the man say to Ye Yao with a cool look on his face, “Really, why don’t you touch my abdominal muscles? It really feels good.”
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Can’t wait to see how this plays out!! Thank you so much for the chapter!
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It’s progress, at least, that Lu Xun is doing so much thinking and analyzing. He might actually figure it out. I hope so, because it’s probably hurting Ye Yao to keep pushing him away.
So, like, LX, my dude, hate to be the bearer of gay news, but… I’ve seen snail shells less bent than you, bud. Please. What a fujoshi gotta do for you to realise it.
Lu Xun emergency.exe overload !!! Warning ⚠️
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I’m getting anxiety reading this😭😭
I’m getting anxiety reading this😭
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